1961 Texas A&M
4–5–1 (3–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Myers. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Trinity (Texas) 55–0Oct 14
By 55 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs Houston | T 7–7 | 49% |
| Sep 30 | at LSU | L 7–16 | 27% |
| Oct 7 | at Texas Tech | W 38–7 | 43% |
| Oct 14 | atTrinity (Texas) | W 55–0 | 72% |
| Oct 21 | at TCU | L 14–15 | 40% |
| Oct 28 | vs Baylor | W 23–0 | 47% |
| Nov 4 | at Arkansas | L 8–15 | 30% |
| Nov 11 | vs SMU | W 25–12 | 74% |
| Nov 18 | at Rice | L 7–21 | 36% |
| Nov 23 | vs 4Texas | L 0–25 | 30% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 25–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1961.
- Record
- 4–5–1
- Conference
- 3–4 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 184–118
- Coach
- Jim Myers
- Elo
- 1484 +43 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 13.7 No. 19 of 111 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Wayne Freiling and Wayland Simmons
All-Southwest Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Wayne FreilingOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1961 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 6–1 | 10–1 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 6–1 | 8–3 | 9 |
| Rice | 5–2 | 7–4 | 17 |
| Texas A&M | 3–4 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 2–4–1 | 3–5–2 | |
| Baylor | 2–5 | 6–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| SMU | 1–5–1 | 2–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.